Thread: Third time for a coti that sold for over $100 twice ?

When it comes to coticules I don't miss much that comes up on USA ebay. This piece here is too unique to be mistaken and I know that this is at least the third time it has been listed. It is Item number:110546127717 if the link doesn't work. I'm sure many of us are familiar with this seller. Her auctions of her late father's barber shop stuff have been going on for a long time and every one of the many stones she has listed are characterized as being,"my fathers finest combination hone for use in his barbershop. He had this one wrapped in a barber towel in his sanitizer cabinet."

The thing that gets me about this hone is that I watched it sell for over $100.00 at least twice if not three times. So assuming the auctions were legit and not shill bidders the buyers must have been dissatisfied and returned the stone. While it is interesting to a coticule collector because of the mix of yellow/blue there just isn't enough yellow to make a viable hone IMO. Add to that it is too small. Odd that it keeps coming up when it has been sold more than once though for prices in excess of it's worth though. At least odd IMHO. Value is, of course, in the eye of the beholder.

Maybe she had a few non-payers... I know what you mean about "how much" stuff her late father had...

Originally Posted by shooter74743

Maybe she had a few non-payers... I know what you mean about "how much" stuff her late father had...

Very possible and I didn't even think of that. TBH, I wouldn't mind having that little chunk of rock just for the unique mix but I wouldn't go over $50 for it. Obviously that doesn't mean it wouldn't be worth more to some other haddict out there.

Same seller as this hone too: Very Rare Barbershop Escher Hone & Slurry Deep Blue NM - eBay (item 380239932191 end time Jun-11-10 17:45:40 PDT)

I think it was pretty well established in another thread that this is NOT an Escher, despite the appearance. Indeed, it looks to me like a deliberate mimic of the Escher label, which is a huge warning sign for me. But then again, the seller advertised it as an Escher and someone paid over $375 for it, so maybe others are better informed about this one than I am.

WOW! 377$!

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

When it comes to coticules I don't miss much that comes up on USA ebay. This piece here is too unique to be mistaken and I know that this is at least the third time it has been listed. It is Item number:110546127717 if the link doesn't work. I'm sure many of us are familiar with this seller. Her auctions of her late father's barber shop stuff have been going on for a long time and every one of the many stones she has listed are characterized as being,"my fathers finest combination hone for use in his barbershop. He had this one wrapped in a barber towel in his sanitizer cabinet."

The thing that gets me about this hone is that I watched it sell for over $100.00 at least twice if not three times. So assuming the auctions were legit and not shill bidders the buyers must have been dissatisfied and returned the stone. While it is interesting to a coticule collector because of the mix of yellow/blue there just isn't enough yellow to make a viable hone IMO. Add to that it is too small. Odd that it keeps coming up when it has been sold more than once though for prices in excess of it's worth though. At least odd IMHO. Value is, of course, in the eye of the beholder.

Most likely someone bought and return the stone. i have seen it twice sold. In fact there is not much coticule left.

When I checked their feedback.. both items are older than 90 days but both left positive feedback. I also noticed that this seller has multiple listing over the past 5 months that look the same so who knows maybe they are just "lucky" in finding some very similar stones.

Its probably a good finisher, but not as good as the gray or greens.

Labels on eschers don't fold over the sides. Why one someone buy this after seeing that huge difference in the way the stones are labeled??

Originally Posted by Disburden

Labels on eschers don't fold over the sides. Why one someone buy this after seeing that huge difference in the way the stones are labeled??

I have Eschers that are bona fide and I've seen others on which the ends fold over the sides. I've never seen one in which the label didn't at least come to the edges of the stone all the way round. Never seen one where the label folded over the sides. I've been told by a knowledgeable Escher collector that the ones in which the label goes over the ends are older stones.